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Door and window manufacturing has almost no room for error. A frame that's off by even a sixteenth of an inch can throw off a whole assembly, leaving installers fighting gaps, uneven reveals, or seals that won't sit flush. Most of that error doesn't come from bad machines — it comes from how the material was positioned before the cut was ever made. That's the problem material positioning systems were built to solve. Instead of relying on a tape measure, a pencil mark, and an operator's steady hand, these systems move stock to an exact, programmed point before every single cut. The result is frame components, mullions, and sashes that actually match their spec sheet — not just close to it. Here's what precise stock alignment changes about the accuracy of finished doors and windows, and where the limits of that precision actually sit. Why Alignment Matters More in Doors and Windows Than It Looks Door and window parts are unforgiving in a way that a lot of other c...